veteran {survival} | R Documentation

## Veterans' Administration Lung Cancer study

### Description

Randomised trial of two treatment regimens for lung cancer. This is a standard survival analysis data set

### Usage

    data(veteran)

### Format

trt: | 1=standard 2=test
celltype: | 1=squamous, 2=smallcell, 3=adeno, 4=large
time: | survival time
status: | censoring status
karno: | Karnofsky performance score (100=good)
diagtime: | months from diagnosis to randomisation
age: | in years
prior: | prior therapy 0=no, 1=yes

### Source

Kalbfleisch and Prentice "The Statistical Analysis of Failure Time Data"

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